Time-indicator for mail-boxes.



w. A,&"vv.1. BARNEY.

TIME INDICATOR FOR IVIAII. BOXES.

APPLICATION EILED IMI. 1914.

l @58,66% Patented June 4, 1918.

'i TIME-INDICATOR roncriant-13'oxnsf--t To all whom it mag/concern:

'BeitL known that we, 'WiLLIAMi A. BARNEY and yVVI'LLIAM J.' A"R1\In`r,` United States of America, troit, in the county of Waynev and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tiine-Indioato'rs forl Mail-Boxes, of vrwhichtthe following *is a" speciication'," reference lbeing'rhad ytherein to kthe accompanying drawingsz ThisA invention relates to a time indicator l` for'mailboxes, and our invention ainis'to durable and inexpensive close or house the disk wherebythey'are pro'` forces of nature, yet visil" tected against the ble and capable of being adjusted from the interior of the mail box. Provision is made for holding the disks in adjusted position to indicate the hour and minute of a collection, before or` after noon. The time indicator is applicable to various types of mail boxes and other receptacles and can be readily installed in connection with boxes at present in use.

Our invention will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of our invention", but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes, as in the size, shape and manner of assemblage as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing, l

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a mail box provided with our improved time indicator;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a portion of a box and the indicator;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of a box illustrating the disks;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a portion of a box illustrating the mechanism for holding the disks in adjusted position, and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the indicator.

In the drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes a wall of a mail box and secured to ing means is citizens of fthe residingat De?v I ment I5'. Thev front wall "of the housing 'has' a 'rectangular sight'openin'g 6 and the ma#- inspector easi'lyland' tpiicklj'f 'the nuts,V

Specification of Letterlatenti Patented 111104,'1918J Application mea January 7, 1914. Serial N6. 810,903@

saidwallby screws 2, nuts 3 for other -`fasten#` a n pressed vsheet metal housing j .L

4 :that: has'` fthe"A front .wallifthereof spaced fromtheboxwall to provide a comparti,

terialborderingupon the edges of said open-` lng `1s olf-set or ia'nged,as at 7, to provide a seat or "frame fora transparent plate 8,

Wliich'cis retained in'position 'by `aff-clip v9 or"otherffastening means.

The box walll isprovided with openings lOandre'volu'bly'mounted in` said openingsy are"`nuts'11J mounted upon. screws' 12. The

nuts-11 haivefjthe inner ends'l 'thereof' flanged, as" at L13, and soldered lor otherwise secured to the 'ia'ngesOf said nuts are-knurl'ed buttons 14.

Mountedeupon the screws 12' against the' heads "'15 thereof aredisks 16 and mounted upon said screws, between the ldisks 16 and 11 are toothedwheelsfl'?,the purpose "of`which will presently appear.

The disks 16 are arranged in a vertical plane with the edges thereof practically contacting, and printed or otherwise marked circumferentially of one of the disks are consecutive numbers 1 to 12 inclusive, representing hours of a day. Printed or otherwise marked eircumferentially of the other disk are numerals representing every ive minutes of an hour, together with zeros adapted to be positioned with one of the hour numerals to indicate on the hour.

By adjusting the buttons 14 the disks 16 can be moved to indicate the time of the collection, for instance, at 45 minutes after' four.

To hold the disks 16 in their adjusted position, a plate 18 is secured to the box wall 1 by a screw 19 or other fastening means. The plate is rectangular in elevation and the upper edge thereof is bent or rolled to provide a holder 20 for a transversely arranged resilient rod 21, which has the ends thereof bent to provide teeth 22 that normally engage the toothed wheels 17 and consequently hold the disks 16 in their adjusted position.

Located below and centrally of the disks 16 is a small disk 23 which has the outerface thereof provided with such designations as A. M P. M., and M, The designations are printed or otherwise marked upon the disk 23, and said disk is rotatably supported by the wall 1, similar to the disks 16, with the exception that instead of using a toothed wheel 17, a nut 24 having flat faces is substituted therefor.v y.The flat-faces of the nut 24 are adapted to be engaged by a resilient detent 25 having an end thereof-,mounted in the rolled edge or barrel 26 of the plate 18., The faces lof the nut 24 correspond in number to the designations upon the disk 23, whereby the disk 23 ca'nbe setand properly held for displaying one of the designa'-` tions thereof. Thedesignation'sof the vdisks 16 and 23 can be observed throughth'e trans- Y parentplate 8, which is preferably made of mail, to insert his hand in themail box and 'A rotate lthe buttons 14 while observing the disks v16 yand 23 from the outside of the box. The disks'v can be easily setto indicate the next collection and can be changed at each f collection, thus permitting of the indicator ,p beingz used in such districts where the collection lof mail matter Since 1t ris only necessary to provide ythe is uncertainv as toy i wall of an ordinary mailbox with openings,

it is apparent that the indicator can be easily `and quickly installed `in connection with the present type of mail box. What 'we claim vis In a time indicator for mail boxes, a,

box'wall, anut rotatable in said wall vand. lhaving the inner end thereof flanged and spaced from the inner side of said wall, a

l hollow knurled button on said nut confronting saidwall andsecured to and inclosing thelange of said nut, a screw mounted in said nut andprotruding from the outer end thereof, a diskI on said screwT against the head thereof, a-fnut on said screw against A the outer end of said rotatable nut retaining said disk against the head of saidscrew, and a flat detent engagingthe facet of said nut and exerting a pressure against the facet of said nut to hold bothof'saidnuts against accidental rotationv relative to said front wallj.

Intestirnony whereof weaflx our signatures in presence vof two witnesses.

WILLIAM n. BARNEY.y

. Y, VILLIAMJ. BANEY.. Witnesses: Y f

P. C. DALDER,

G. E. MGGRANN..

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. Washington, D. C. l 

